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Hi productivity hackers – we hope your projects are going well. We're guessing that many of you have taken a look at the Microsoft Graph as a way of simplifying authentication and traversing relationships between people, documents, and conversations that take place within an Office 365 organization. Here are some useful tools, documents, and videos to help you learn more about the Microsoft Graph:

For an overview – it’s a great idea to watch the talk Yina Arenas gave at our Ignite conference in September. Yina and her team built the Microsoft Graph – so you’re getting information from a…

We know you’re focused on building your new app for workplace productivity, but don't forget about your video. It's often the first (and sometimes only!) thing that judges and voters review.

A good video tells the story behind your submission, providing a clear and concise explanation of what your app is and does. Here are some tips to remember:

Establish your elevator pitch. In the first few seconds of your video, explain how your app uses the Office 365 products and tools to help businesses and organizations work better. You can get into the details of how it works later…

A few weeks ago we threw a small event in Orlando—Ignite. With seven weeks left in the hackathon, there’s time to look at some of the features we announced in our blog. The blog covers a lot of ground, but here are a few things we want to call out:

Custom functions in Excel

Single Sign-On (SSO) for add-ins

Updates to the Microsoft Graph—including pre-built bindings to Azure functions

SharePoint Framework extensions

Details are at the top of the blog and there are links to specific documentation throughout. It’s safe to say that we’d love to…

We’re getting to halfway through the hackathon and the judges are gathering. We’ve got great judges from some of our Office ecosystem partners, and are putting together a panel of engineering and marketing leaders from Microsoft who are excited to take a look at what you’ve built.

Every month, over 100 million business users work with Office 365, while over 400 million people use Outlook. So, the potential for a great hack to have great impact is very real.

If you’re already working on your hack, keep up the good work. If you’re just getting started,…